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EYLHS Newsletter 24Winter / Spring 2011
Newsletter of the East Yorkshire Local History Society
ContributionsBased in Hull it is not always easy to keep trackof events in other parts of the Riding; newsthat members could contribute on their townor village should be sent to the editor.
Short articles, illustrated or unillustrated, newson libraries, archives, museums, societies oreducation, queries other people may be ableto answer, etc. for inclusion in future news-letters should also be sent to the editor.
NewsletterEdited by Robert Barnard
825 Anlaby Rd, Hull, HU4 6DJTelephone 01482 506001
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Published by the East Yorkshire Local History SocietySecretary
Jenny Stanley15 Southcote Close, South Cave, HU15 2BQ
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Printed by Kall Kwik, Hull
Front cover: F S Smith drawing of cock pit in the Bull and Sun, Mytongate;commissioned by W G B Page for an article in the Hull Times 16/02/1924
Subscriptions 2011Just to remind you that subscriptions are due for renewal on 1 January 2011. Ratesremain unchanged at £10 for individuals and £12.50 for UK family and all overseasmembership, however they will have to rise soon. Unless already paid or arrangedby standing order please mail remittances as soon as possible to the MembershipSecretary at 5 John Gray Court, Main St, Willerby, E Yorks, HU10 6XZ. See insertedform.
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News from the SocietyProgramme
As usual, the Society has arranged a fullprogramme of lectures and excursionsfor 2011. Please support the eventsand bring along your friends. Please donot hesitate to ask for lifts; you will beexpected to contribute to petrol.
PLEASE NOTE: Please make allcheques payable to the East YorkshireLocal History Society. All cheques andbooking slips should be sent to the rel-evant named individual at the addresson the booking form.
We have successfully applied to TrinityHouse for another visit this year. If youbooked last year but were put on thewaiting list we will contact you whenwe have further details.
SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2011Venue: The Bell, DriffieldTopic: AGM and David Neave illustrat-ed (powerpoint) talk on ‘A New His-tory of Driffield’ based on the work heand Susan and have contributed to theforthcoming VCH volume on DriffieldTime: 2.00pmCost: Free but refreshments can bebooked at £2 per person
SATURDAY 9 APRIL 2011Venue: The Treasure House, BeverleyTopic: Spurn Lifeboat Station - The FirstHundred YearsSpeaker: Roy BenfellTime: 2:15pmCost: £2.00
WEDNESDAY 18 May 2011Full day visit to LincolnLeader: Geoff PercivalMuseum of Lincolnshire Life, BurtonRoad, free entry.. Domestic rooms,Royal Lincolnshire Regiment galler-ies, transport, agriculture and industry,WWI tank, trade rooms, etc. Small cafe,toilets; parking in front of museum, onthe road or in Upper Long Leys Roadby the side of the museum. For thoseinterested walk round the back of themuseum to view Ellis’ windmill, fully re-stored but not open.Time: 10:30amDuration, approximately 1½ hours butcan tour at your own pace.Lunch: own arrangements - pubs andcafes in the Bail, Lawns Visitor Centre orSteep HillTour of Cathedral (minimum 12 peo-ple), food and toilets off cloister. Caneither leave cars at the museum forthe afternoon or use the paid car parksnear the castle.Time: 2:00pmCost: £4.75
SATURDAY 11 JUNEVenue: Farrago, 6 Wilton Road, Horn-sea, HU18 1QUTopic: ‘The House of Tiles’. Farrago wasdesigned by the Hull builder D R Robin-son for himself. Both construction anddecoration are unusual - it has a steelframe, concrete floors and brick walls.The interior is heavily decorated withbroken tiles, in a manner often com-pared with Gaudi’s mosaic work. Nowthe home of Josie Montgomery, former
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curator of Posterngate Gallery, Hull andScarborough Art Gallery.Leader: Arthur CredlandCost: £2.50Time: maximum 30 - in two groups of15; first 15 at 2pm, tea and coffee atchangeover, 3pm.Own transport
SATURDAY 2 JULY 2011Day coach trip with Ellie Rose TravelVenue: Masham on market day andSwinton Park, a 17th century castlecomplete with turrets and gate-house.It is the ancestral home of the Cun-liffe-Lister family and has an extensiveestate and walled garden. But it alsocontains now a 4-star hotel, a spa, acookery school and hosts weddings,etc. We are having an afternoon guid-ed tour with a family member and alsoafternoon tea.Pick-up points (times approximate):8:40am Holderness Road, St Michaelsand All Saints9:10am Hull Ferensway, Hotel9:30am Cottingham Green9:45am Beverley, Wylies Road(Comfort stop on route)Lunch: Masham, own arrangementsMid-afternoon: guided tour of Swin-ton Park and afternoon teaCost: £20Maximum number 49
FRIDAY 22 JULY 2011A day in York with tours of FairfaxHouse and Merchant Adventurers’ HallLeader: Pam MartinFairfax House CastlegateTime of tour: 10.30amCost £4.50 per person
Duration: approx one hour 15 minsMeet outside House at 10.20amMerchant Adventurers’ Hall, FossgateTime of Tour: 2pmCost £5 per personDuration 1 hour
FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2011Venue: Wassand HallLeader: Pam MartinTime: 2:00pmCost: £8 per person including tea andcakeDuration: house tour 1 hour; allowlonger to have tea, look at walled gar-den and explore woodland walk
WEDNESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2011Topic: ‘A load of old bollards’, a walk fea-turing some of Hull’s Old Town streetfurniture and history on the ground.Leader: Chris MeadTime: 2:00pm, meet at King Billy stat-ure.Duration; about an hour and a halfCost: £2,00Maximum of 15 but a further walk canbe arranged if demand is sufficient.
SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER 2011Venue: Swinefleet Village HallTopic: “The Black Parson” - The Rev. Ed-ward Cragg Haynes of Barbados, thefirst black parson of Yorkshire,Speaker: Dr Charlotte HurseyTime: 2.00-3.00 (talk) followed by 3.00-4.00 tour of adjoining church and graveof the Reverend Haynes. Tea and coffeeprovided by Marshland Local HistoryGroupNo parking - but on street parkingshould be available.
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Cost: £3.50Further details Nick Evans 01482305187 (office hours)
Participation in eventsAs reported in previous years, it has notbeen possible to arrange group insur-ance for events. We therefore stronglyrecommend that members and theirfriends take out personal accident/loss insurance, or include this in theirhouseholds policies. We would alsostress the need for suitable clothing - inparticular, sturdy footwear and water-proofs - for outdoor events.
Please noteThere is usually a waiting list for mostof the Society’s events. If you book anevent and then find you cannot attend,please inform the Secretary. Please donot transfer your booking to a rela-tive or friend without first consultingthe Secretary, whose telephone num-ber can be found on the inside of thisnewsletter. Thank you.
Review of EYLHS Events
History of SculcoatesSheila Dixon - 27 March 2010
Sculcoates is a large area surround-ing the old town of Hull to the northand west. Sheila Dixon showed withan excellent series of maps that Scul-coates is bounded on the south by theSpring Ditch and Queen’s Gardens, onthe west by streams along what is nowPrinces Avenue and on the north-westby the stream along Queen’s Road and
a continuation to Stoneferry at the Riv-er Hull.
The old village of Sculcoates was cen-tred at the junction of Sculcoates Lane/Air Street and Bankside. The old StMary’s parish church of 1759 was onthe corner of Air Street with the still-standing old school building opposite.The two cemeteries are on either sideof Sculcoates Lane with the replace-ment St Mary’s church built in 1916 fur-ther west. Originally the area was agri-cultural and many of the houses werevery poor but by the nineteenth centu-ry industry had spread along the river.Sculcoates had a large percentage ofthe country’s seed crushing mills, King-ston Cotton Mill had a large buildingin Cumberland Street and there weredyeing and tannery works, carpet fac-tories, paint and turpentine distilleriesand shipyards.
Directly to the north of the old townof Hull development began soon afterQueen’s Dock was opened in 1778. The‘Northern Suburbs’ or New Town beganin the 1780s with Savile Street, DockStreet and George Street / CharlotteStreet, and gradually spread north-wards with Grimston Street, JarrettStreet, Charles Street, Albion Street,Baker Street and with Wright Streetand Pryme Street built in 1835. Severalof these streets were named after theirdevelopers. To the west Mill Street,West Street and Brook Street were builtin the early nineteenth century. Dur-ing the later nineteenth century devel-opment spread along Spring Bank toBotanic and the area west of the River
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Hull across Beverley Road to PrincesAvenue.
The Georgian area became fashionableand public buildings were needed: theinfirmary in Prospect Street was builtin 1784, the Assembly Rooms in King-ston Square in 1834 and the Royal In-stitution in Albion Street in 1855. In thesame period the poorer people need-ed help, the Union Workhouse, laterKingston General Hospital was built in1846,the Anlaby Road Workhouse in1852 and the almshouses in Northum-berland Avenue in 1887.
Several new churches were built for theincreasing population: Christchurch inWorship Street in 1821; St Paul at thecorner of Cannon Street in 1846; AllSaints, Margaret Street in 1869; St Silas,Barmston Street in 1871 and St Philip in1885 at the corner of Charlotte Streetand Paradise Row.
The railway lines to Withernsea andHornsea entered Sculcoates at Botanic,crossed Beverley Road at Stepney andon to Wilmington Bridge on the RiverHull.
Sheila Dixon gave us a very detailed, in-teresting and lively account of the de-velopment of Sculcoates during sever-al centuries.
Geoff Pecival
Scawby Hall8 July 2010.
A visit had been arranged by ArthurCredland for members and guests, butdue to a royal invitation he was unableto be there. Miss Pamela Martin led thegroup on a perfect summer day, and asaccess to the Hall is limited the groupsplit into smaller numbers to allowtime to see the Hall, the gardens andthe church.
The Hall was built by Richard Nelthorpeof Glandford Brigg c1605 and has beenlived in by members of the Nelthorpefamily ever since. The building is GradeI listed and is of rambling appearance.Alterations to the East and South sidestook place from the late 18th centurywith many phases up to the 20th cen-tury. It is a fascination experience to tryto ‘read’ the building and to observechanges of brickwork where it hasbeen altered to meet the needs andtastes of successive owners.
On entering the Hall evidence of thelong occupation by the Nelthorpe fam-ily is all around. Family portraits areprominent and the family crest bear-ing the red hand of Ulster is carved intodoor frames and on the back of hallchairs.
The family apparently originated atStaplehurst in Kent, but early links withYorkshire show John Nelthorpe livingat Wawne in 1580. By the 17th centu-ry the family featured in the civic lifeof Beverley, when John’s second sonEdward, a mercer and grocer, becameMayor of Beverley in 1609. Three ofJohn’s sons became Members of Parlia-ment for the town, Edward in 1640 and
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James and John both in 1645. John re-signed his seat rather than participatein the trial of King Charles I.
John Nelthorpe’s eldest son Richardmoved south of the Humber and set-tled in Brigg when he married Ursula,daughter of Martin Graveney Esquireof nearby Messingham. By this fortu-nate marriage he acquired land that al-lowed him to build Scawby Hall, and by1620 to purchase the Baysgarth Estateat Barton on Humber.
The Hall contains several fine roomsand is suitably furnished. One of thepleasures of a visit lies in its collectionof art, not the least in its possession offive paintings by George Stubbs, thecelebrated 18th century artist. Indeedit can be claimed that Lady ElizabethNelthorpe ‘discovered’ Stubbs whenshe commissioned him to paint sev-eral members of the family. Countedamong its many treasures is a first edi-tion of Stubbs”The anatomy of a horse’,the illustrations based on the flayingof a horse that was carried out whenStubbs was resident at nearby Hork-stow Hall.
Yet another prized possession is a fine li-brary of books that came into the familyon the marriage of Joan Seaman of St. An-drews in Suffolk c. 1720. The books wereshipped by wherry from Norfolk to Bartonat a cost of 14/- They overflow the invitingbook room and appear also in the diningroom.
Another delightful room is the nurs-ery where original paintings by Kate
Greenaway decorate the walls andthere is a procession of tiny ivory ani-mals in a long spiral leading into Noah’sArk. These surely must give joy to anychild, and it was particularly pleasantto meet running into the dark Hall fromthe sun-drenched garden a little boy,the present heir, golden-haired, agedtwo and a half, in the care of his family.
Our visit to the garden was all too brief. Itconsists of around three acres laid out inthe Victorian style, pleasant and fragrant,with large beds of variegated lavenderscenting the path from the Hall to thenearby St. Hybald’s church. The tower ofthe church is medieval but the church hasbeen much restored in the 19th century.Here too evidence of the Nelthorpe familylie all around with hatchments and monu-ments from the 1640s onwards.
It was encouraging on our departure tosee that the fine set of ancillary build-ings to the Hall is undergoing restora-tion, a mammoth task for the presentowners. The house is in good orderbut to restore the buildings is a labourof love, much harder to justify whenthe horses have gone and the obvi-ous need for the buildings has disap-peared, yet they all tell as compellinga part of the story as the main house.
Miss Pamela Martin thanked our guidefor a most enjoyable and interestingvisit to Scawby Hall.
Berna Moody
Markenfield Hall21 August 2010
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ings used to house an outside staircaseleading from the kitchens to the GreatHall. The outbuildings included a brewhouse and a bakehouse. One cornerof the building is the family residencewhich has crenellations built by CanonJohn Markenfield c1309. He receivedroyal licence from King Edward II to for-tify his home but although the houselooks defensive it would not have with-stood a major attack. The crenellationswere only for show to prove status.We looked at the farm buildings witha splendid coat of arms built in 1853and we were told that on the outlyingparts of the estate traces can be seenof trenches where soldiers from RiponBarracks trained in WWI
Arriving back at the start of the tour wecrossed the moat by a bridge leadingthrough an impressive gate house for-merly a dove cote, the holes inside nowprove useful for filing as the buildingis used for administration! This entryopened into a large courtyard with theL shaped house in the opposite NE cor-ner. The farm tenants live on one sidewith more farm buildings on the other.We could see 10 shields on the upperstorey of the left side which was thekitchen built c1410 which representedfamilies which married into the Mark-enfield family.
The main entrance to the house is nowat ground level but originally the wayin was up a flight of stairs on the out-side onto a platform and then into theGreat Hall on the first storey. There is astone pattern in the courtyard to illus-trate the original site. Going through
Despite the poor weather forecast itwas a glorious afternoon when a largegroup of members arrived down themile long drive and turned into thefarmyard where this amazing proper-ty greeted us in all its splendour in thesunshine. Markenfield Hall is found inattractive rural surroundings in NorthYorkshire close to Fountains Abbey.
We split into two groups under the su-pervision of Dr Keith Jones and Caro-line Eason who were both obviouslypassionate about the history of this fas-cinating house and its estate.
This is an Anglo Saxon site recorded inthe Domesday Book and the land wasgranted to the Percys by William theConqueror. Our group first toured theoutside where we could see a wonder-ful view over North Yorkshire where theestate has its own quarry which provid-ed the stone to build the house. A risein the ground has revealed evidenceof a belvedere. The house is a revela-tion having been continually occupiedsince it was built c1300 AD. It is nowhome to a tenant farmer and descend-ants of the family who first built it. Thetenants live in the farmhouse whichwas added to the original building.
We circled the property by walk-ing round all four sides of a moat onwhich we saw two lovely black swans.In 1570 the records show there was amoat on three sides with a fourth sidesilted up. This was later cleared. Look-ing at the outside walls we could seeevidence of blocked up windows andslots in the walls where lean-to build-
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the lower entrance we entered a vault-ed room with huge stone flagstonesbuilt c1310. This was the hub of life atMarkenfield and was used as a storearea. The original ‘mural’ fireplacec1340 was brought down from theGreat Hall stone by stone.
We left the ground floor and climbedthe large staircase up into the GreatHall now a lovely comfortable sittingroom with another large fireplace. Thewalls were lined with books and por-traits. The wooden roof had been re-placed by the 1st Lord Grantley c1761and a wooden covered rain gully ranalong side a main beam so that drainpipes could not be seen on the front ofthe house.
From the Great Hall we moved into asmall compact chapel dedicated toSt Michael the Archangel. A Requiemmass had been held here this morn-ing by the monks from Ampleforth Ab-bey to pray for the souls of Sir Thom-as Markenfield and 3 other membersof his family as he was the last of thatname to live and worship here until1569 before being driven into exile.The present occupants and membersof the family Lady Deirdre and Mr IanCuteis were married in the chapel unit-ing catholic and protestant families.Members found the paintings and ar-tefacts in the chapel of great interest. Asmall corridor leading from the chapelto the private rooms allowed us to visitthe Four Poster Bed room formerly partof the solar and now used as a guestroom.
The history of the family was fascinat-ing. There had always been close con-nections with nearby Fountains Abbeyand Studley Royal and some of theiroutbuildings can still be seen over 1 ¼miles away. Donations were given tothe Abbey by the family for prayers tobe said for their souls. The Markenfieldshad always been loyal to the Crownand had fought at Agincourt, Bosworthand Flodden. At the time of the dis-solution of the monasteries there wasstill a strong bond between Marken-field and Fountains Abbey but HenryVIII left the Markenfields alone despitethem being a catholic family. In 1538the family took part in the Pilgrimageof Grace but were excused by Henry.There was no friction with Edward VIand then Mary I but when protestantElizabeth came to the throne troublebegan. Sir Thomas Markenfield joinedthe Percys and the Nevilles in the Ris-ing of the North in 1569 when theytried to put Mary Queen of Scots on thethrone but the plot failed so in 1570Elizabeth took Markenfield as Crownproperty and sent Commissioners torecord an inventory of her new acquisi-tion and a lot of the family papers weredestroyed.She rented it to Sir ThomasEdgerton. He farmed the estate butdid not live there.The Markenfield fam-ily were closely related by marriage tothe Norton family and Thomas with hisNorton uncle and cousins fled Englandafter the uprising. He later went to theNetherlands where he died of ill healthand in poverty. His wife, daughter andson in law had to leave the house andlived very simply in the old Markenfield
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village now a site close by only seen aslumps and bumps.
Two hundred years later a descend-ant Sir Fletcher Norton who was Attor-ney General and Speaker of the Houseof Commons decided to buy back hisfamily estate at Norton Conyers butthe owners The Grahams refused tosell it so he bought Markenfield fromthe Edgertons c1757. He became thefirst Lord Grantley of Grantley Hallnear Ripon. A studded chest in theGreat Hall at Markenfield was used tostore his robes. Many of the later familymembers can be seen in the portraitsaround the house.
The 3rd Lord Grantley was a grandsonof Fletcher Norton (B 1798). He foughtat Waterloo and was known as Water-loo Grantley. He later resigned his com-mission and married Charlotte daugh-ter of a court painter Sir Wm Beechey.His brother George had married thegranddaughter of Richard BrinsleySheridan (playwrite) and their 2nd sonThomas Binsley Norton inherited thetitle as 4th Lord Grantley. He had plen-ty of money and he wanted to buy ahouse that he liked only to discover healready owned it! The title continuedin direct succession until the 7th EarlJohn Richard David (1923-95). He wasawarded the MC for bravery at Anzioin WWII and with his wife Lady Deirdrebegan to restore the house at Marken-field in 1980. His widow and her sec-ond husband Mr Ian Curteis continuethis work and have made the house asit looks today. In 2005 it won 2nd prizein a Sothebys competition.
There are now only four parishionersin Markenfield parish which is a pecu-liar ie not under the jurisdiction of theBishop of Ripon. The parish has 600acres which is the same as the estate.At this point the tour concluded andwe left with a wonderful feeling that wehad been very privileged to have beenallowed and welcomed to this amazinghouse which is a home, a working farmand a valuable piece of English history.
Pam Walgate
Obituaries
Gareth Watkins
Gareth died after a short illness on 24November. We would like to thank allthe people who helped with this obitu-ary. The contribution from Dave Evanswas written for the Medieval Pottery Re-search Group..
Gaz made a considerable contributionto medieval and post-medieval stud-
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ies during his first five years with theHumberside Archaeology Unit (1975-1980), and helped to significantly en-hance the profile of Hull and to put it“on the map” for those outside of theregion. One of his greatest, largely un-sung achievements, was to be the localorganiser for the classic 1980 MedievalPottery Research Group ( MPRG ) con-ference at Hull - which was not only amajor coup for Hull, but also markedthe coming of age of the MPRG as amore mature specialist interest group,which could have a genuinely interna-tional appeal, and not just a parochialgroup of largely Southern English potresearchers.
His legacies were:(a) A pottery type series for Hull; it hasits faults, but much of it still informs ourworking classifications.
(b) The 1979 Britsh Archaeology Re-port on the clay tobacco pipes of Hull.It is stronger on the documentary refer-ences than anything else; and all of hispipe drawings are too big, as he tracedaround the bowls, rather than check-ing the drawings for actual size.......but,providing you know that, it is still a us-able volume.
(c) The extensive pottery types seriesand reports in two of the large Hull OldTown report series (Watkins 1987 and1993). Again, these may have some mi-nor faults, but they are still a compre-hensive starting point for ceramic stud-ies in this area.
(d) The pottery report for Lurk Lane,Beverley (Watkins 1991). He ran outof steam whilst writing this, and it wasnever fully completed; hence, the pot-tery report stops at about 1350, whilstthe excavation report finished in about1600 - the pottery from the last twophases never even being quantified.Nevertheless, what he did write is stillused today.
Gaz saw himself more as a social andeconomic historian, than an archaeolo-gist: it was where his original universitystudies had lain. Had he kept in archae-ology after about 1981, who knowshow much he could have achieved -he certainly was bright enough andhad the drive. However, around thattime his first marriage broke up, and herather crumpled - losing a lot of inter-est in much that had previously beenimportant to him (whether being arock drummer, or a pottery researcher).For a while, he buried himself in localpolitics and trade union activities, andthese intermittently replaced archae-ology for the next 14 years or so; hemoved into finds co-ordination work,but his heart was not really in it, andfor a long time he looked around forsomething else.
In 1996 when Humberside was abol-ished, he was offered the post of Prin-cipal Archaeologist for North-EastLincolnshire (one of the successor au-thorities), but refused it. He asked tobe given any job with Hull City Coun-cil, even though it meant giving uparchaeology. He was hoping to get alow-paid menial job, manning the in-
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formation desk at the Tourism Office,whilst being paid on a protected sal-ary; but, Hull would not agree to payhim a Scale 6 salary for a Scale 2 job.Instead, the Museums created a job forhim, to identify and catalogue a collec-tion of some 27,000 glass negatives ofHull buildings in the Old Town, datingto the 1920s. During the course of this,he met his next wife, who was an Assis-tant Keeper at the Social History Mu-seum, and this was to give him a newlease of life, and a sense of purpose. Acouple of years later he applied for anew post, dealing with family historyenquiries at the Libraries, and he wasto stay there for the next 10 years or so- becoming a familiar figure on local TVprogrammes, and at family history lec-tures and training days. I think that hefinally found his niche.
He remained involved with Hull NorthLabour Party for about two decades,being a branch secretary for years,and once standing unsuccessfully as aCouncillor himself.
Dave Evans
My career with the Hull Library Servicebegan in December 1996. One of thefirst people I met was Gareth Watkinswho had just taken up the newly cre-ated post of genealogist having beenredeployed from his now redundantarchaeologist post. Originally the rolewas split between genealogy and writ-ing publications; and Gareth co-wroteForgotten Hull and Wilberforce and Hull.However, once the Library Service re-alised the popularity of family history
Gareth’s role became solely respon-sible for this. At the time I thought itwas rather odd that an archaeologistshould become a family historian. Iquickly realised that Gareth had suchenthusiasm and commitment, alongwith dedication and hard work, for hisnew role that he made it a huge suc-cess; so successful that people had toand were willing to wait months totake up the services his post offered.Gareth quickly became a leading au-thority on family history research; whathe didn’t already know he took timeto gain an extensive knowledge of. Hewas not only respected locally, but his“fame” as Hull’s genealogist spread toother library services around the coun-try who wanted to meet him to get ad-vice on how they could run such a suc-cessful service in their own libraries.The media also took an interest in Ga-reth’s work and he regularly appearedon Radio Humberside and Look North.
Over the next 10 years I worked closelywith Gareth on delivering family histo-ry research facilities in the Local studiesLibrary as well as on specific projects. In1998 it was Gareth’s idea to start a Fam-ily and Local History Lunch Time Clubto bring like minded people togetherwho could share knowledge with eachother as well as keep up to date withthe latest developments in local andfamily history. It was with great pleas-ure that at Gareth’s request I was oneof the early speakers at the club, laterhelping Gareth run it and then takingover its running when he left the libraryservice. Gareth and I also helped familyhistory groups get started around the
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City; these groups are still going strongtoday and thanks to Gareth’s continuedencouragement and advice over theyears they have themselves becomefamily history experts, so much so thatthese groups now run helpdesks intheir communities as well as in the HullHistory Centre. The biggest project Ga-reth and I worked together on was theHull History Centre. The idea for thiswas raised in 2000 and we would play amajor role over the coming years in itsdesign, location and the services/facili-ties it would provide.
In 2007 Gareth decided to leave theservice on an early retirement packagein order to live the life he had dreamedof and many of us would crave too. Hewas able to spend time with his fam-ily, travel and supplement his pensionworking as a family history researcher.However, he continued to give his timefreely to others with advice and familyhistory sessions.
Gareth has left a wife and young familybehind; at a time like this our thoughtsare with them. Gareth will be greatlymissed by his colleagues and the fam-ily history community, but he will notbe forgotten. Gareth’s work as City Ge-nealogist will live on for decades tocome in people’s memories, in the pub-lications he wrote, in the lunch timeclub, in the family history resources hecreated, in the family history groups heencouraged to start up and in the HullHistory Centre. His young family will bejustly proud of the legacy he leaves be-hind.
David SmithSenior Local studies LibrarianHull History Centre
1951 Festivalof Britain
I’m currently undertaking researchabout the Festival of Britain (1951),as celebrated in Hull and other citiesacross Yorkshire and Lancashire. If anyof your members have any memoriesof, or had involvement with the Fes-tival, I would love to hear from them.They may remember the Festival ShipCampania docking in HUll with an ex-hibition about the Land and the Peo-ple, or remember the grand openingof Festival House in the pedestrian pre-cinct in Hull (now a bank), or maybethey took part in a parade or street par-ty. Any information about this fascinat-ing nationwide event, would be grate-fully received.
You can contact me via email [email protected] or write tome at Caterina Benincasa-Sharman,Senior Lecturer, University of Hudders-field, Department of Art, Design & Ar-chitecture, Queensgate, Huddersfield,West Yorkshire, HD1 3DH
Field’s Cafeand Grocers
One of the joys of book collecting isfinding unusual bookmarks or scrapsof paper used to write additional notesby a previous owner. From a recent
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pamphlet purchase a number of pho-tos cut out of a newspaper showingvarious branches of R Field & Co, gro-cers, fell out. The photos were traced toa full page advert in a January issue ofthe Eastern Morning News to celebratetheir centenary in 1914; unfortunatelythere was no accompanying text. As isoften the case firms centenary datesare to be taken with a pinch of salt. Thefirst reference to William Field, whole-sale grocer, at 11 Market Place is in theearly 1830s directories. In 1864 bothWilliam and Richard Field are listed at11 Market Place. By 1867 only Rich-ard is in Market Place with a house at9 Fountain Street, although there is aWilliam Field, wholesale tea merchant,grocer and seed merchant, at 66 HighSt.
The firm of R Field & Co expandedby opening branches at 108 Bever-ley Road by 1879 and Hallgate, Cot-tingham by 1888. In 1892 a furthershop was opened at 55 Saville Street
as the Oriental Cafe and Coffee Store;they sold Oriental goods according tonewspaper adverts. By 1897 there werebranches in Leeds, Huddersfield andBridlington Quay. In 1901 they weregrocers at 11 Market Place, 108 & 224Beverley Road, 155 Anlaby Road, 5-6Junction Street and 3-6 St John’s Street.There were also dining and refresh-ment rooms at 11 Market Place, 54-55
Saville Street and branches in Leeds,Huddersfield and Bridlington. A branchat 27 & 29 King Edward Street was add-
11 Market Place
Hallgate, Cottingham. This branchwas also an Oriental store
108 Beverley Road
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ed in 1904, which was renamed in 1913the Octagon Café.
In 1973, the cafes and shops which re-mained were taken over by R D McLeishLtd. Hull History Centre has the ar-chives of the company, C DBF, coveringthe period 1895-1958.
The photographs show the branch-es in Hull and Cottingham in 1914. By1914 the branches in Junction St andSt John St had been demolished for thenew City Hall.
Robert Barnard
Book ReviewsNicholas Redman Whales’ bones ofthe Netherlands and Belgium Redmanpublishing, Teddington, England,2010, xix +161pages. Hard cover, il-lustrated throughout. Available fromthe author [email protected] £30 plus postage and packing.ISBN 978-095458003-8.This is the third volume of a series pro-jected to cover the whole of Europeand beyond, including the Americasand Australasia. The Netherlands canboast large numbers of whale remains,many still surviving others knownonly through historical documents.This is not surprising considering thehuge fleets of whale ships which sailedfrom ‘Holland’ to the Arctic in the sev-enteenth and eighteenth centuries aswell as the numerous cetacean strand-ings that have occurred on the NorthSea coast over the generations. The tra-
224 Beverley Road
155 Anlaby Road
Central Coffee Store & Oriental Cafe, Saville Street
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dition of whale ships bringing homejawbones and other portions of thewhale was revived in modern timesand a there are bones from the southAtlantic, at locations across the coun-try (Ameland, Amsterdam, Groningen,Terschelling etc), carried home aboardthe Dutch whale factory ship WillemBarendsz in the post war period. Threevertebrae from a Greenland Rightwhale were found in 1927 at Maaso-ever on the site of a try works and de-tailed investigation of some of theseearly processing sites might yield im-portant information on the old indus-trial methods.
There is a particular tradition in theNetherlands of displaying a jawboneor whale rib on, or in, a public building,though the reason why is unclear, pos-sibly a reminder of the valuable whal-ing trade or maybe they were just cu-riosities to excite public interest. A jawbone which hangs from the ceiling ofthe Stadhuis, Haarlem, was taken byJan Huyghen van Linschoten at NovayaZemlya in 1595. Another jaw bone wasgiven by him and shown in the Doelenat Enkhuizen, but no longer survives. Arib of the same date, from Linschoten’ssecond attempt to discover the NorthEast passage, is now in the Zuider Zeemuseum, Enkhuizen, his home town.These are the oldest actual remains buta stone plaque in the wall of a farm-house in Friesland depicts a whale-bone arch with the date 1574 and thename of the sixteenth century farmerand his wife.
There are few cetacean bones dis-played in Dutch churches but an im-pressive sperm whale skull is in theOude Kerk, Scheveningen, taken froma nearby stranding in 1617.
There were once many hundreds of jawbones erected as rubbing posts for cat-tle in the fields. Sometimes these werepainted with black and white bands,though it is not known when this prac-tice was adopted. There are more draw-ings and paintings depicting bonesthan from most countries, including Pi-eter Saenredam’s painting from 1657,of the Amsterdam, Stadhuis, showing asingle jawbone hanging in chains , lostwhen the building burned down. Thereis a painting of 1652 by Rembrandt’spupil Paulus Potter, and two, c.1780,at Groningen, all of which show rub-bing posts. In a country of canals andwaterways it is not remarkable that jawbones were used as tethering or tow-ing posts around which the tow ropeof boat was passed when being hauledby a horse. None survive but a draw-ing of one from Zaanstreek, Noord Hol-land, is illustrated.
In Friesland, for example atAmeland(Nes) there were fences madefrom a scores of cut down jaw bonesplaced side by side, to form a field orboundary division. These structureshave largely decayed though portionshave been preserved and some con-stituent bones brought into museumcollections. Again in Friesland jaw-bone grave markers were common, in-scribed and dated like any headstone.They have mostly decayed but a few
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have been brought indoors inside thelocal churches and dates have been re-corded from 1755-1827.
Across Europe whale shoulder bladeswere used as inn or shop signs and afew of these survive. Other scapulashave been used as a step down outsidethe front door of a house, as at Ame-land, Nes. In the Museon, Den Haag, isa large vertebra the centrum of whichhas been hollowed out to create anumbrella stand.
At Doorn (Utrecht) a dovecote builtc1840 was supported on eight jaw-bones but, in a state of decay, theywere replaced by timbers at the begin-ning of the twentieth century. The mostamazing confection of whale remainswas that erected in 1913 Katendrecht(Rotterdam) for the centenary celebra-tion of independence from French rule.A triumphal arch was made up of fourcolumns of vertebrae each toppedwith a shoulder blade and the columnslinked by ribs and the whole structuredecorated with plates of baleen.
The Netherlands riches are enhancedstill further by finds of cetacean subfossils from the Miocene and Plioceneeras many of which have surfacedwhen digging drainage ditches.
Belgium claims the earliest recordeduse in the Low Countries of the dis-play of whales’ bones in a public build-ing. The shoulder blade and rib, whichstill survive, at the Stadhuis in Antwerp,were seen by the Renaissance artist Al-brecht Dűrer in 1520. The greater part
of the description for Belgium gives adetailed history of the remarkable Oos-tende whale. This fin whale, some 98feet long, was stranded at Oostende in1827 and after dissection and mount-ing travelled all over Europe, includingacross the channel to Britain, and sub-sequently to the USA. After changinghands several times the skeleton wasacquired by Balabin, a rich Russian,who gave it to the Russian Academy ofSciences in 1856 and it is still preservedin St. Petersburg.
This record of bones for decorative andpractical use is a rich resource for an-thropologists, folklorists, social histo-rians, museologists and cetacean zo-ologists. Like the preceding volumeit maintains the practice of listing theskeletal remains preserved in majormuseums and institutions and alsothose in private hands which otherwisemight not reach the attention of re-searchers. As before there is a wealth ofillustrations, location maps, a bibliog-raphy, indexes of categories, museumsand institutions, newspapers, maga-zines and journals, people and places.
Also available (from the author, asabove) is Whales’ bones of the BritishIsles; supplement 2004-10 (vi + 53pag-es, illustrated throughout, limp cover.ISBN 978-095458004-9), adding to thefirst volume, amending and correctingas appropriate.
Arthur G. Credland, Hull 2010.
Gerardine Mulcahy (ed) Beverley’sBenefactor: John Edward Champney
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Champney died in 1929 and he be-queathed his library, in excess of 6000volumes, and 20 pictures to Beverleylibrary and art gallery; although thereare 32 paintings forming the Champ-ney Bequest. The bequest of bookscovered a wide range of subjects andabout a fifth was devoted the fine arts.Most of Champney’s pictures werebought from the Fine Art Society inLondon, of which he was a shareholderand later director. The FAS held exhibi-tions of contemporary artists includ-ing Turner for which Ruskin wrote thenotes.
The book is finely printed and is an ex-cellent commemoration of someonewho made a significant contribution toBeverley’s cultural life.
Robert Barnard
Alice M Markham (ed John Markham)Back of Beyond: Memoirs of Life on aHolderness Farm 1903-1925, HighgatePublications, 2010, £9.95A revised reprint of the 1979 edition,enhanced with illustrations by TrevorGalvin. All profits go to St Andrew’schurch, Paull.
The memoirs cover the early life of DrMarkham’s mother, Alice, who wasborn in 1903 at Little Humber Farmnear Paul, where her father was theforeman for William Richardson whorented the farm from the Constables.
The style of writing is very easy to readand the memoirs are divided up intoquite short chapters covering topics
(1846-1929) The Public library & artGallery and the ‘Champney Bequest’,£5.99 East Riding of Yorkshire Coun-cil, 2010.Published as the catalogue for an ex-hibition ‘A Life of Beauty, Books andBullets: John Edward Champney anEdwardian Collector and Benefactor’,which ran during Summer / Autumn2010, it also celebrates the centenaryof the ‘Beverley Museum and Art Gal-lery’, opened in 1910. In addition tothe catalogue there is a biography ofChampney by Gerardine Mulcahy withchapters on the building of Beverley Li-brary and Art Gallery by Susan and Da-vid Neave and Beverley Public libraryby Pamela Martin.
Champney was born in Beverley in1846, the son of a local solicitor, butmoved to Halifax after 1865, even-tually settling on the south coast. In1902 Champney offered to pay for aFree Library in Beverley and land waspurchased on part of the Lairgate Hallestate, now Champney Road, and thelibrary opened in 1907. An upstairs gal-lery was added in 1910 and opened asthe ‘Beverley and East Yorkshire Muse-um and Art Gallery’. Many interior fea-tures of the Edwardian building stillsurvive. The library was extended in1928 as Champney had specified in hiswill, 1926, that his collection of booksshould be in a separate room, the Ref-erence Library. Further extension tookplace in 1971 and in 2007 the TreasureHouse was constructed, which is nowthe only entrance to the library and artgallery.
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in the series include Leeds, Newcastleand Nottingham, principal aim, howev-er, is to guide while exploring and thecoverage is far more comprehensive.
The first part of the guide is a 36 pagechronological introduction coveringthe development of Hull from medie-val times to the very modern as it in-cludes the St Stephen’s developmentand the History Centre. The followingchapter covers Hull’s major buildings,Holy Trinity, St Mary’s, Guildhall, QueenVictoria Square, Trinity House and theUniversity. The following chapter is themeat of the book and is divided intoa series of ten walks covering the citycentre and the ‘suburbs’. All the walkshave an accompanying map and areeasy to follow. Also included are ex-cursions to nearby towns and villages,Hessle, Cottingham and West Hull Vil-lages, Hedon and Burton Constableand finally Beverley. The index is veryusable and comprehensive and thereare separate ones for people and build-ings / streets.
The book is well printed in full colourand very well illustrated by high qualityphotographs, the contemporary oneswere mainly taken by English Heritagephotographers.
A quote used by David and Sue Neavein a recent article is worth using again,Herbert Morrison in the 1950s on Hull:‘seems to be a sort of kingdom of itsown, with an identity of its own. It isa remarkable place with an individualcharacter’.Robert Barnard
such as general life on the farm, school,friends and neighbours and, of course,the Great War. The family moved to theBorough Arms, Hedon in 1925, endingtheir association with the farm.
The memoirs occupy the first 67 pag-es of the book; the remainder compris-es of a family tree and extremely use-ful background information written byJohn Markham.
A very rewarding volume for anyonewho wishes to gain some insight intolife on an Edwardian farm.
Robert Barnard
David and Susan Neave Pevsner Archi-tectural Guides: Hull, Yale UniversityPress, 2010, £12.50Hull has a rich architectural heritage in-cluding a virtually complete medievalstreet layout, one of the finest parishchurches in England, Georgian gran-deur and a fine collection of Victorianand Edwardian buildings. Yet Hull re-mains relatively unknown, even to itsresidents, and perhaps has not beenpromoted effectively in the past. Hope-fully publications such as this will helpremedy that and be used by Hull’s in-habitants as much as, or more than, byvisitors.
Although the Pevsner county guide re-mains one of our ‘bibles’ it can only in-clude a fraction of the heritage a visitorto the city should see and is not reallydesigned to be taken round while ex-ploring, despite including ‘perambula-tions’. The city ‘pocket’ guides, others
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The book is an excellent blend of thor-oughly researched material and per-sonal recollections and essential foranyone interested in the airfield. Thereproduction of photographs is verygood for the type of printing used.
Robert Barnard
New PublicationsFrank Bull Bridlington Pleasure Boats,from paddle steamer to theme boats;2010, 103pp, illustrated throughout,£9.95 + £1 p&p. ISBN 978 1 4457 25413. Published by the author. reviewedin the last newsletter but availablefrom the author whose address wasunfortunately omitted: 18 BeaulieuCourt, Bridlington, YO16 6GF
Mike Welton Easington lifeboat - A his-tory 1913-1933 Spurn, Kilnsea and Eas-ington Area Local Studies Group £5(£6 by post) from Mike Welton 01964650265 or email [email protected] or from local shops
Jack Close Beyond the Horizon River-head Books ISBN 0-9550237-8-5 £12.99
Robert Woodhouse East Yorkshire Curi-osities The History Press 2010 £12.99
Jim and Margaret Ainscough Pockling-ton at War, 2010, £5. Available fromSimply Books, Pocklington and Bar-bican Bookshop, York. Can also be or-dered from the authors at 49 God-winsway, Stamford Bridge, York, YO411DA for £6 including p&p. Proceeds
Jim and Margaret Ainscough Pock-lington at War, 2010, £5. Availablefrom Simply Books, Pocklington andBarbican Bookshop, York. Can also beordered from the authors at 49 God-winsway, Stamford Bridge, York, YO411DA for £6 including p&p. Proceedsfrom the sale of the book will go toRAF charities.This book originated in work done byPocklington U3A, who collected mem-ories of people recalling their wartimeexperiences. The authors are leaders ofU3A and conducted further research tocompliment the personal memories.
Although Pocklington is a small markettown it had to cope with the buildingof a huge Bomber command airfieldon its doorstep; started in 1940 but notcompleted until 1942 it doubled thepopulation of the town. The book, toa large extent, documents how Pock-lington coped with the influx of airmenand support servicemen and women.However, there are also chapters onhow people coped with wartime re-strictions in general and farming andland girls.
There are a number of structures sur-viving from the wartime period includ-ing a Home Guard block house, a publicair raid shelter and two airfield accom-modation blocks. Also surviving are artworks by PoW’s such as a statue madeby Italian’s from the camp at Storwoodand a series of paintings in the ConcertHall at Londesborough done by a 17year old Bavarian PoW.
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from the sale of the book will go to RAFcharities.
Charles Anderson From Bean Street toCruise Liner Captain and Beyond Dia-dem Books £8.99
Beverley - A Portrait Of A Town At TheMillennium (CD) 2010 £7.50 availablefrom Kate Gray 01482
David and Susan Neave Pevsner Archi-tectural Guides: Hull, Yale UniversityPress, 2010, £12.50
Christopher Ketchell A Chronology ofHull’s Social History Hull and District Re-search Group £5 (DVD) 2010. ContactDavid Sherwood 07799357262 or Nor-man Angell 01964 622975
Chris Horan Humber Sail and History:Riverside and Waterways Tales Part 1,2010, £15. Available from Chris Hor-an, c/o 22 Priory Cresent, Scunthorpe,DN17 1HX
Steve Wade and Dina Murphy Stonesof Law and a Square of Hedon Sky 2010.Available from Hull History Centre andCentral library
Alice M Markham (ed John Markham)Back of Beyond: Memoirs of Life on aHolderness Farm 1903-1925, HighgatePublications, 2010, £9.95
Pauline Foster (ed) Forty Years in Thixen-dale. £6.92 plus £2 postage - availablefrom Mrs Smith’s shop, Thixendale, theHWHG website www.highwolds.org.uk, or from the author 01377 288294
Gerardine Mulcahy (ed) Beverley’s Ben-efactor: John Edward Champney (1846-1929) The Public library & art Gallery andthe ‘Champney Bequest’, £5.99 East Rid-ing of Yorkshire Council, 2010.
Danny Platten Arctic to Angola; A HullSkipper’s Story, Riverhead Books, 2010,£8.50
Pam Hopkins, B moody, R Mackey Bev-erley Town Trail £4.99. Available fromBeverley Tourist Information
Robb Robinson Far Horizons: From Hullto the Ends of the Earth, Maritime His-torical Studies Centre, 2010, £20. Con-tact: Josephine Affleck, MHSC, BlaydesHouse, 6 High St, Hull, HU1 1HA, email:[email protected], tel: 01482 305110
Regional NewsBased in Hull it is not always easy tokeep track of events in other parts ofthe Riding; news that members couldcontribute on their town or villageshould be sent to the editor.
BeverleyEvery Friday 10am – 4pm - BeverleyGuildhall Community Museum, Reg-ister Square, Beverley open free ofcharge.Every day – The Treasure House,Champney Road, Beverley open - com-bining East Riding Archives, BeverleyLocal Studies Library & ERYC Museumdisplays - ‘The Treasures of the East Rid-ing’ exhibition in Gallery One and a fre-quently changing temporary exhibi-tion.
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HedonHedon Museum: The Hedon Room –Hedon Museum, behind the Town Hall,St Augustine`s Gate, Hedon (10am –4pm Weds. and Sats. only)Tel (01482) 890908 for further details ofcurrent exhibitions
HullHistory CentreThe History Centre houses collectionsfrom the former Hull City Archives, HullLocal Studies Library and the Universityof Hull archives. It opened to the publicon 25 January 2010 and further infor-mation can be found at www.hullhis-torycentre.org.uk. The Tuesday lunch-time talks formerly held in the CentralLibrary have already transferred to theHistory Centre, programme details,when available, from David Smith, [email protected]
Carnegie Heritage CentreThe Carnegie Heritage Action Teamwas formed in June 2006 with thesole aim of rescuing the building fromfurther decline, and to preserve theunique space as a local history andfamily history resource centre.
The Carnegie Heritage Action Teamwas dissolved in September 2009, fol-lowing the creation of Carnegie Herit-age Centre Ltd, which came into opera-tion on 1st October 2009.
The centre received an early boostwhen the East Yorkshire Family HistorySociety agreed to base their operationsfrom Carnegie, and they now storetheir resources and stock within the
building. They also hold their month-ly meetings at the centre on the thirdTuesday of most months, when every-one is welcome to attend.www.eyfhs.org.uk
Following the closure of the coun-cil bindery on Chanterlands Avenue,two of the former staff set up a bind-ery business of their own, and we werepleased to offer them a home withinour centre. The Bindery is open fivedays a week from 8.30 am until 11.30am. The Bindery is not open in the af-ternoons.www.haveitbound.com
Carnegie also have a stock of localbooks for sale on behalf local bookdealer Alex Alec-Smith. Alex has beena long-standing supporter of our cen-tre and we are happy to have foundher space within the centre for her pur-pose-built bookcase.www.alexalec-smithbooks.co.uk
Hull & District Local History ResearchGroupThe Group meets weekly on Thursdays10am-12noon. Contact the secretary,Margaret Justice, 4 Harbour Way, Hull,HU9 1PL 07760 165364, [email protected] or the chair, David Sherwood,9 Simson Court, Beverley HU17 9EDmob. 07799 357262 for information ofmeetings, visits and local history walks.www.hulllocalhistory.org.ukThe latest edition of Hull & District Lo-cal History Group’s journal The Localis now available from Carnegie Histo-ry Centre or by contacting [email protected] or Tel: 07902008367
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Monday, 31st January 2011 Bolton &Fangfoss History Group - Speaker: CathNeal - “Britain’s oldest brain - archaeol-ogy under the University of York”. Cathco-ordinates fieldwork on the excava-tions at the ‘Heslington East’ extensionof the University of York. The Chapel,Bolton. 7.30pm. Admission £2.00
Wednesday 2 February 2011 - HowdenCivic Society - Masonic Hall - 7.30pm.Celebrating Yorkshire’s boundaries -Chris & Roger Sewell - a guided touralong the yorkshire boundary walk bytwo local experts: 600 miles in 60 min-utes and no aching feet!
3 February 2011 - Treasure House, Bev-erley - Education Room, 6:30pm (lastabout an hour) - Archive Cinema - AWalk on the Wold Side: A look backat the Wolds villages over the past 20years. Free but booking essential atTreasure House or tel: (01482) 392790or online at www.eastriding.gov.uk/events
Sunday 6 February Carnegie HeritageCentre - The Village Bobby with Gor-don Acaster. We start at 1.30pm andfinishing around 3.30pm - come for acuppa and a chat and please note thata charge of £1 is requested towards re-freshments and room costs.
6 February 2011 - East Riding Archae-ological Society - Mike Stephenson(Worcester College of Technology)- TheMonastic Estates of the Gilbertine pri-ory of Watton, East Yorkshire. Hull Uni-versity, Cottingham Rd, Hull, at 7.30pmin room S1, floor 1 of the Wilberforce
£1.50 (plus 80p p&p). Local articles bylocal writers.
SkidbyEvery day 10am – 5pm - Skidby Wind-mill and Museum of East Riding RuralLife, Skidby open each day 10am-5pm– admission adults £1.50, children 50p,OAPS 80p
SuttonEvery Friday 10am – 2pm – The SuttonExhibition Room and Resource Centre- History of Sutton village exhibition –Sutton C of E Educational ResourceCentre, the Old School, Church Street,Sutton 10am – 2pm The Sutton Exhibi-tion Room and Resource Centre openevery Friday from 10am until 2pm. Ad-mission free. Coffee and biscuits 50p.
Local HistoryMeetings & Events
20 January 2011 - Kingswood College ofArts, Wawne Road - David Bond - Sto-ries of Yorkshire Cricket - 6:00pm. Con-tact the learning centre 01482 625733or [email protected]
Tuesday 25 January 2011 Carnegie Her-itage Centre - Robb Robinson - Thingsyou never knew about Hull - 7.30 pmprompt - please arrive early to take yourseat in good time. You’ll be amazed atwhat you don’t know about the historyof your own city
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Building. Lectures are open to ERASmembers and the public (non-mem-bers £1.) For more information pleasecontact Rose Nicholson on 07770470443.
Tue 8 February 2011 - Lunchtime Club,Hull History Centre - Cannon Bollardsby Geoff Bell. for further details con-tact: David Smith, Senior Local StudiesLibrarian, Tel: 01482 317505, Email: [email protected]
8 February 2011 - Hedon and DistrictLocal History Society - Church room ,7.30 pm - Mr Harry Buck - Martinmashirings
10 February 2011 - Treasure House,Beverley - Education Room, 6:30pm -Pete McLeod, ‘It’s a Sideways Game:Dry Stone walling - history, craft andstyles’. £5, booking essential at TreasureHouse or tel: (01482) 392790 or onlineat www.eastriding.gov.uk/events
14th February 2011 Hull Civic Society –Public Transport in Hull – Philip Miles.Royal Hotel, Ferensway at 7.30 pm
Thursday, 17th February 2011 Pock-lington And District Local History Group- ”History of our local railways” by Da-vid Walford. with particular referenceto the York-Beverley Hull route. The OldCourt House, George Street. 7.30pm.Admission £2.00
17 February 2011 - Treasure House, Bev-erley - Education Room, 6;00pm - Start-ing your Family History course - part 5,Directories, Newspapers and Elector-
al Registers. £5, booking essential atTreasure House or tel: (01482) 392790or online at www.eastriding.gov.uk/events
17 February 2011 - Kingswood Collegeof Arts, Wawne Road - Alec Gill - TheGames We Used to Play - 6:00pm. Con-tact the learning centre 01482 625733or [email protected]
Tuesday 22 February 2011 CarnegieHeritage Centre - Chris Meade - A Post-card From The Past - 7.30 pm prompt- please arrive early to take your seat ingood time. Local historian Chris Meadetakes an unusual look at an aspect ofhistory, via the humble postcard
Monday, 28th February 2011 Bolton &Fangfoss History Group - Speaker: RoseHorspool - “From Classical to Contem-porary - Garden History” Rose will begiving a talk on garden history, illus-trated by examples from National Trustproperties. The Chapel, Bolton. 7.30pm.Admission £2.00
Wed 2 March-Wed 20 April - Hull Histo-ry Centre- lecture Theatre, 6pm-7.30pm- Latin for Beginners - A free 8 weekcourse for beginners. No previous ex-perience is needed! Spaces are limited,booking in advance is essential. Pleasetelephone (01482 317500), email [email protected] or come in toreserve your place.
Sunday 6 March Carnegie Heritage Cen-tre - Reckitt & Sons Ltd with GordonStephenson. We start at 1.30pm and
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16 March 2011 - East Riding Archaeolog-ical Society - Gareth Perry (University ofSheffield) - Death Brought us Together:urns, cooking pots and the early Anglo-Saxon cremation cemeteries of NorthLincolnshire. Hull University, Cotting-ham Rd, Hull, at 7.30pm in room S1,floor 1 of the Wilberforce Building. Lec-tures are open to ERAS members andthe public (non-members £1.) For moreinformation please contact Rose Ni-cholson on 07770 470443.
Thursday, 17th March 2011 Pockling-ton And District Local History Group”19th century Women in the Pockling-ton area” by the Pocklington WomensHistory Group. The Old Court House,George Street. 7.30pm. Admission£2.00
17 March 2011 - Hessle Local History So-ciety - Jill Crowther - Was She His Wife?- Town Hall, 7:15pm
17 March 2011 - Treasure House, Bever-ley - Education Room, 6:00pm - Start-ing your Family History course - part 6,Preserving your own documents. £5,booking essential at Treasure House ortel: (01482) 392790 or online at www.eastriding.gov.uk/events
Tuesday 22 March 2011 Carnegie Herit-age Centre - Jane Petrusiak - Hull’s Gar-den Village - 7.30 pm prompt - pleasearrive early to take your seat in goodtime. Jane takes a closer look at thehistory of one of Hull’s most individualhousing developments
finishing around 3.30pm - come for acuppa and a chat and please note thata charge of £1 is requested towards re-freshments and room costs.
Tue 8 March 2011 - Lunchtime Club,Hull History Centre - The Town Docksby David Nunn. for further details con-tact: David Smith, Senior Local StudiesLibrarian, Tel: 01482 317505, Email: [email protected]
8 March 2011 - Hedon and District LocalHistory Society - 7.30 pm Presidentialevening in the Town Hall Hedon - DrJohn Markham - A Victorian whodunnit
Wed 9 March-Wed 23 March - Hull His-tory Centre, Lecture Theatre - 10am-12pm - Family History for Beginners -A free 3 week course covering all thebasics for those interested in startingtheir family tree! Spaces are limited,booking in advance is essential. Pleasetelephone (01482 317500), email [email protected] or come in toreserve your place.
10 March 2011 - Treasure House, Bever-ley - Education Room, 6:30pm - RichardClarke - ‘Henry VIII’s Royal Progress of1541 through East Yorkshire - an op-portunity for Landscape Reconstruc-tion@. £5, booking essential at TreasureHouse or tel: (01482) 392790 or onlineat www.eastriding.gov.uk/events
14th March 2011 Hull Civic Society –7.00 pm – AGM, followed by Cannonand Bollards – Geoff Bell. Royal Hotel,Ferensway
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Wednesday 23 March 2011 British As-sociation for Local History - Salisbury:St Thomas’s Church And Constable InThe Close. Booking Forms for all eventswith full details and prices are availablefrom: BALH(V), PO Box 6549, SomersalHerbert, Ashbourne, DE6 5WH
24 March 2011 - Kingswood College ofArts, Wawne Road - Johny Whiteleyand James Clark - The History of HullFC - 6:00pm. Contact the learning cen-tre 01482 625733 or [email protected]
4 April 2011 - Treasure House, Beverley- Education Room, 6:30pm - Marga-ret S Oliver - ‘Illegitimacy in East York-shire’. £5, booking essential at TreasureHouse or tel: (01482) 392790 or onlineat www.eastriding.gov.uk/events
11th April 2011 Hull Civic Society – 7.00to 8.30 pm at Hull History Centre guid-ed tour behind the scenes.
Tue 12 April 2011 - Lunchtime Club,Hull History Centre - From SylvesterStreet to the Wilds of Namibia by JillCrowther. for further details contact:David Smith, Senior Local Studies Li-brarian, Tel: 01482 317505, Email: [email protected]
15 - 17 April 2011 British Association forLocal History - Annual Regional Confer-ence At Aberystwyth University. LocalHistory In Wales: Houses And Com-munities. Booking Forms for all eventswith full details and prices are availablefrom: BALH(V), PO Box 6549, SomersalHerbert, Ashbourne, DE6 5WH
Monday, 18th April 2011 Bolton & Fang-foss History Group - Speaker: Steven Oli-ver “Thor missiles at Full Sutton” From1959-1963 Full Sutton was home to“Thor” Intermediate Range BallisticMissiles. During the Cuban Missile cri-sis the rockets were at 15 minute readi-ness for launch. The talk will explorewhat we can find out about this period.The Chapel, Bolton. 7.30pm. Admission£2.00
20 April 2011 - East Riding Archaeo-logical Society - AGM followed by DrNick Cooper (University of LeicesterArchaeological Services) - Curses, Col-lapsed Walls and Lost Churches: recentwork in Roman and medieval Leices-ter. Hull University, Cottingham Rd,Hull, at 7.30pm in room S1, floor 1 ofthe Wilberforce Building. Lectures areopen to ERAS members and the public(non-members £1.) For more informa-tion please contact Rose Nicholson on07770 470443.
21 April 2011 - Hessle Local History So-ciety - Margaret Waddington - Reminis-cences of a Health Visitor - Town Hall,7:15pm
Thursday, 21st April 2011 PocklingtonAnd District Local History Group - AGMand Member short Talks. The Old CourtHouse, George Street. 7.30pm. Admis-sion Free
Saturday 7 May 2011 British Associationfor Local History - Laxton Village AndMedieval Farming System, Notting-hamshire. Booking Forms for all eventswith full details and prices are available
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Please send a stamped addressed en-velope with your booking form. Book-ing Forms for all events with full detailsand prices are available from: BALH(V),PO Box 6549, Somersal Herbert, Ash-bourne, DE6 5WH
Tuesday 7 June 2011 British Associationfor Local History - British Library News-paper Collection, Colindale. BookingForms for all events with full detailsand prices are available from: BALH(V),PO Box 6549, Somersal Herbert, Ash-bourne, DE6 5WH
Thursday 7 July 2011 - British Associa-tion for Local History - Southampton:Archaeological Tour of the City andVisit to Special Collection, UniversityLibrary Including Broadlands Archive.Booking Forms for all events with fulldetails and prices are available from:BALH(V), PO Box 6549, Somersal Her-bert, Ashbourne, DE6 5WH
21 July 2011 - Hessle Local History Soci-ety - Peter Beilby - Hessle Brass Band -Town Hall, 7:15pm
August 2011 - British Association for Lo-cal History - Houses of Parliament andParliamentary Archives. Booking Formsfor all events with full details and pric-es are available from: BALH(V), PO Box6549, Somersal Herbert, Ashbourne,DE6 5WH
18 August 2011 - Hessle Local HistorySociety - Pat Howlett - Then and Now -Town Hall, 7:15pm
from: BALH(V), PO Box 6549, SomersalHerbert, Ashbourne, DE6 5WH
Saturday 7 May 2011 British Associa-tion for Local History - Conference InLondon: Living The Poor Life. BookingForms for all events with full detailsand prices are available from: BALH(V),PO Box 6549, Somersal Herbert, Ash-bourne, DE6 5WH
Tue 10 May 2011 - Lunchtime Club, HullHistory Centre - Hull Artists by DougSmelt. For further details contact: Da-vid Smith, Senior Local Studies Librar-ian, Tel: 01482 317505, Email: [email protected]
19 May 2011 - Hessle Local History Soci-ety - Visit to All Saints’ Church with Gra-ham Marshall - Town Hall, 7:15pm
Monday, 23rd May 2011 - Bolton &Fangfoss History Group - Speaker: KathWebb “Health archives and local his-tory”. Kath is the archivist at York Hos-pital and a national expert on the his-tory of health care. The Chapel, Bolton.7.30pm. Admission £2.00
Saturday 4 June 2011 - British Associa-tion for Local History - Local History Day- 10.30 - 4.30 Friends House, EustonRoad, London (opposite Euston Sta-tion). Morning discussion: ‘Saving localhistory in an age of austerity’; annuallecture Dr Rowena Archer ‘Eviscerat-ing, Embalming and Boiling: medievalfuneral practices’; AGM and presen-tation of awards for local historians.Ticket price includes coffee on arrival,packed lunch and tea after the lecture.
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September 2011 - British Associationfor Local History - Oxford: MagdalenCollege Archives And Oxford Univer-sity Press. Booking Forms for all eventswith full details and prices are availablefrom: BALH(V), PO Box 6549, SomersalHerbert, Ashbourne, DE6 5WH
15 September 2011 - Hessle Local Histo-ry Society - Alan Kerr - Lees Rest Houses- Town Hall, 7:15pm
20 October 2011 - Hessle Local HistorySociety - Keith Hare - HUDC Minutes,chosen by the Audience - Town Hall,7:15pm
Wednesday 26 October 2011 British As-sociation for Local History - Cambridge:St John’s College Library & ArchivesAnd The Churchill College ArchivesCentre. Booking Forms for all eventswith full details and prices are availablefrom: BALH(V), PO Box 6549, SomersalHerbert, Ashbourne, DE6 5WH
November 2011 - British Associationfor Local History - Newcastle: The Lit-erary & Philosophical Society of New-castle, and The Institute of Mining En-gineers. Booking Forms for all eventswith full details and prices are availablefrom: BALH(V), PO Box 6549, SomersalHerbert, Ashbourne, DE6 5WH
Saturday 5 November 2011 - British As-sociation for Local History - Hull Confer-ence: New Research Into The History OfYorkshire. Booking Forms for all eventswith full details and prices are availablefrom: BALH(V), PO Box 6549, SomersalHerbert, Ashbourne, DE6 5WH
EAST YORKSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Registered Charity 1007312
Notice of the60th Annual general Meeting
26th March 2011 at 2.00pm
The Bell, Driffield.YO25 6AN
AGENDA
1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of the 59th Annual General Meeting held at the Hull HistoryCentre
3. Presentation of the Annual Report for the year ended 31st December2010 (herewith enclosed)
4. Presentation of the Financial Accounts for the year ended 31st December2010 (herewith enclosed)
5. Election of Officers
(a) President
(b) Executive Committee
6. Members Forum and any other business. An opportunity for informaldiscussion, when members may wish to raise points relating to the Society of spe-cific interest to them or make any suggestions for further consideration by theExecutive Committee
EAST YORKSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Minutes of the 59th Annual General Meeting, held on Saturday 27th March 2010 at the Hull HistoryCentre.
Present: The Chairman, six members of the Executive Committee and 52 other members and friends.Apologies: Pam Martin, Elaine moll, Linda Williamson, Susan Parrott, K. Laister, Mrs J. Rider, Judy andTom Bangs, Mike Noddings, Silvia Wilson.Minutes: The minutes of the 58th Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 28th March 2009, havingbeen distributed to the members, were received and signed by the Chairman as a true record of thatmeeting.Annual Report: The Chairman’s annual report had been distributed to members: another article inthe Journal had received an award from the British Association for Local History, this time it was KevinStephenson’s Pleasure Gardens. There had been another successful conference organised by HelenGood.It was with great regret that the Chairman noted the deaths of three members: Mary Fowler, Dr. Bick-ford and Keith Holt. A minute’s silence was held in their memory.Helen Good informed the meeting that this year’s conference theme would be new research on Hulland district to be held at the Hull History Centre on Saturday 6th November, the cost would be £12.Helen’s Elizabethan walk event had been oversubscribed and therefore extra dates will be added,members will be contacted with further details.Pat Aldabella informed the meeting that the Trinity House visit was oversubscribed and notificationsto those members not able to attend have been sent out. Also 40 members had not yet renewed theirmembership, could they please do so as soon as possible.Financial Report: The Treasurer presented his financial report stating there had been a slight loss dueto the cost of an occasional publication. A donation had been received from the dispersal of accountsfollowing the folding of the South Cave Adult Education Group. Book sales continued to do well. Theaccounts were accepted as a true record.Election of Officers: It was with regret that the Chairman accepted the resignation of the Secretary,David Smith, who was standing down due to the pressure of other commitments. The Chairmanthanked David for all his hard work over the years and said he would be greatly missed. Jenny Stanleyhad expressed an interest in taking on the role. There being no other nominations from floor the Presi-dent and Officers of the Society were unanimously elected. Liz Grove expressed an interest in joiningthe Executive Committee, this was proposed and seconded; there being no other nominations fromthe floor, with this amendment, the Executive Committee was unanimously elected.Members Forum and Any Other Business: A member asked for how much longer monies could bepaid out from the MacMahon fund. The Treasurer replied there was £175 pounds left in this fund, butit was a renewable fund from the Society’s other financial resources. Another member asked if Soci-ety membership forms were available in the History Centre, the Secretary confirmed that they were.
There being no other business the meeting was declared closed. The members were entertained by aninteresting talk entitled “A History of Sculcoates” by Sheila Dixon.
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
Following the ambitious and very successful BALH conference in 2009 HelenGood followed it this year with a more modest, but equally interesting event on 6November 2010 at the Hull History Centre. Entitled‘New Research into the Historyof Hull and District’ the content ranged from maritime Hull, Henry 8’s northernprogress and a selection of film extracts from the Yorkshire Film Archive, includ-ing some very evocative footage of post-war children living and playing in a Hullenvironment which has vanished with house clearances and the building of thenew estates. A penetrating account of the theatre in late eighteenth century Hull,largely the story of theatrical impresario Tate Wilkinson, gained an enthusiasticresponse from the audience.
A programme of lectures and visits was well attended including trips to Skel-ton and the Quaker settlement of New Earswick, as well as Scawby Hall in Lin-colnshire, the home of the Nelthorpes only recently opened to the public. Mark-enfield Hall, near Ripon, not widely known, was a gem of a moated manor house,occupied throughout most of its history by tenant farmers. Thanks to all who of-fered suggestions and helped organise these events, particularly Pamela Martinand Geoff Percival.
The society was also represented at the Beverley Book Fair in October, which forthe first time was held in the Treasure House. A little cramped but this was morethan made up for by being warm and cosy, not something we could claim for theMinster, and there was a very friendly, intimate atmosphere.
The journal was another bumper edition and the quality of the contents contin-ues to be recognised. For the third time in five years one of the contributors, thistime Kevin Stephenson, received an award from BALH, for his article entitled Theforgotten pleasure and Strawberry Gardens of Hull. Another volume, ‘In the Pink’,was also issued in the ‘extra series’, a collection of letters recording the life of a lo-cal soldier on the Western Front.
Again thanks to my co-editor and fellow committee members for their contribu-tions and the membership at large for their continued support and enthusiasm.
Arthur G Credland MBE
The East Yorkshire Local History Society
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTFor the year ending 31 December 2010
2010 2009INCOMEMembers’ Subscriptions 3,556.00 3,422.00Bank Interest 52.18 414.71Summer Events 995.50 1,317.80Book Sales 957.04 1,491.55Donations 59.00 67.29Gift Aid 524.62 535.06South Cave Education Group 0.00 266.49BALH Conference 0.00 600.00
_______ _______6,144.18 8,114.90
EXPENDITUREBank Charges 6.00 0.00Summer Events 929.00 1,220.70Postage/Stationary 1,198.65 1,802.72Committee Members Expenses 276.43 274.57BALH Conference 0.00 653.00Victoria County History 100.00 100.00Printing Costs 5,831.33 5,509.23Insurance/Subscription to BALH 58.00 58.00Subscription Refunds 12.50 30.00Computer equipment 0.00 20.64Book sale charges (eBay) 97.50 117.15
_______ _______8,508.91 9,786.01_______ _______
Surplus/(Deficit) (2,364.79) (1,671.11)
BALANCE SHEETAs at 31 December 2010CURRENT ASSETSCash at Bank 1,035.88 1,452.90Building Society Deposit
MacMahon Fund 175.00 175.00Cash 12,641.35 14,589.17
13,852.29 16,217.07
OFFICERS FOR 2010
President: Sir Ian Macdonald of Sleat, Bart., F.R.I.C.S., MRSH
Vice-Presidents: Mr. A. G. BellMr. C. KetchellDr. J. MarkhamDr. D. J. R. Neave
Chairman: Mr. A. CredlandHon. Secretary: Mrs. J. StanleyHon. Treasurer: Mr. R. BarnardHon. Journal Editors: Mr. A. Credland
Mr. R. BarnardHon. Newsletter Editor: Mr. R. BarnardHon. MembershipSecretary: Miss P. AldabellaHon. Publication Officer: Mr. G. Percival
Honorary Life Members
Mrs. M. SalkeldMr. I Wright
Executive Committee Members for 2010+ Member willing to be re-elected
+ Miss. P. Aldabella+ Mr. R. Barnard+ Mrs. Carole Boddington+ Mr. A. Credland+ Mr. N. Evans
+ Miss H. GoodMs. E.Grove
+ Miss P. Martin+ Mr. C. Mead+ Mr. G.Percival+ Mrs. J. Stanley
Dr. J.Walker
